(a) A hospital that collects, processes, stores, or distributes human milk collected from a mother exclusively for her own child shall comply with the most current standards established for the collection, processing, storage, or distribution of human milk by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America until or unless the department approves alternative standards.
(b) A hospital shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 1635) for the purpose of collecting, processing, storing, or distributing human milk collected from a mother exclusively for her own child.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no screening tests shall be required to be performed on human milk collected from a mother exclusively for her own child.
(d) The department shall assess hospital processes for collecting, processing, storing, or distributing human milk pursuant to its current practice, as required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250).
(e) This section does not apply to any hospital that collects, processes, stores, or distributes milk from human milk banks or other outside sources.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 480, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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